Thursday, February 28, 2013

Vision Insurance Should be Part of Regular Health Insurance

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Vision loss affects millions of Americans, sometimes due to significant eyes disease. The main eye disease causing vision loss includes gl...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

When “Mad Cow Disease in Humans” is Misdiagnosed

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Mad cow disease is also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). This is because the word “bovine” refers to cows (and other relat...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Too Much Calcium Can Hurt Men’s Hearts

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It seems that everywhere you look in the grocery store these days, you will find food and drink manufacturers touting that their product...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Adult Psychiatric Effects of Childhood Bullying

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Unlike decades ago, today there are significant efforts in place to decrease bullying in school. This mainly takes the form of bullying pr...
Sunday, February 24, 2013

Using Computers to Improve Eye Socket Fracture Surgeries

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Eye socket fractures commonly occur after traumatic injuries to the face such as motor vehicle accidents, assaults, and falls. For many re...
Saturday, February 23, 2013

Salivary Stones: The Mouth’s Version of Kidney Stones

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Most people have heard of kidney stones (technically referred to as renal calculi) but not many people have heard of salivary stones. The ...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Use of Smartphone Apps to Diagnose Skin Cancer: Beware

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These days, it seems that there is a smartphone app for just about anything. The medical field is no stranger to apps, including ones that...
Thursday, February 21, 2013

Lionel the Lion Faced Man: A Case of Hypertrichosis

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Abnormalities in human variation sometimes provide shocking visual examples of various medical conditions. At the MedFriendly Blog, the ex...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Preventing Rotavirus with Vaccines: Do They Work?

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In a prior blog entry , research was discussed on the best evidence for treatment of acute gastroenteritis (also known as the stomach bug...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Liver Transplants Increase Survival Rate for Non-Resectable Colorectal Liver Metastases

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Cancer of the colon (also known as colorectal cancer) is uncontrolled abnormal cell growth in the colon or rectum (parts of the large i...
Monday, February 18, 2013

The Dangers of Home Canning: A Case of Botulism

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In the current issue of The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, a case is reported of a 60-year-old man who presents to an urgent care center with...
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Sunday, February 17, 2013

The Health Impacts of a Surprise Russian Meteor Strike

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On the morning of 2/15/13, in Chelyabinsk, Russia, residents were shocked to see and hear a mixture of fire and smoke streaking in the sky...
Friday, February 15, 2013

Geriatric Syndromes: The Role of Vascular Disorders

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A geriatric syndrome is a general term used to refer to clinical conditions with multiple possible factors that are common among the elde...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Patient Centered Medical Homes: Do They Work?

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In a prior blog entry , it was noted that over-use of the Emergency Room may be facilitated by the implementation of “patient centered med...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Abdominal Obesity in Brazilian Adolescents

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There has been much talk in the media about the obesity epidemic in children in the United States and in other countries. Obesity is a pr...
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Genetic Screening Test for Familial High Cholesterol

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Cholesterol is a waxy, fatty substance found only in animal tissues. Good cholesterol helps to eliminate bad cholesterol. There are two ...
Monday, February 11, 2013

How Long Should a Cough Last?

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An acute (sudden) cough illness (ACI) is one of the main reasons people seek outpatient medical care from a family physician or pediatri...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Medicaid/CHIP: The Emergency Room Gateway to Specialists

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Medicaid and CHIP (Children's Health Insurance Program) are two types of public insurance for adults and children, respectively. While...
Saturday, February 09, 2013

Child Paralyzed after Tonsils Removed

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In an upcoming article in the journal, Anaesthesia , a case study was reported in which a 7-year old boy in India developed quadriplegia ...
Friday, February 08, 2013

Ovarian Tumors in Children: They Happen

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When people think of ovarian tumors, they most commonly think of women. However, ovarian tumors (also known as neoplasms) can also occur i...